Gramophone.



No. 864,758. y fA-TBNTBD AUG. 27, 19o?,

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APPLUATION FILED DEO.. 8. 1-906:

a3 which is produced by the bottom of the case a and the horizontalpartition a4 and to hold the said portion h2 rigidly in place, upper andlower supporting plates h3 may be provided. The vertically disposedportion h of the magaphone is located entirely without the case asshown, although it is practically protected from injury in shipping bymeans'of the ledge a2, and this portion oi the megaphone is providedWith a sound regulator r which may be set by a handle 1" so as toregulate the opening for the passage oi the sound waves from thediaphragm and the tapering arm to the lower part of the horn. v f

In the lower, enlarged, conical portion -h2 of the horn are arrangedthin longitudinal wires w which are supported at their ends by ovalWires w which are attached to the side-Walls of the horn and which servefor vibrating with the sound-waves as they are conducted from the'vertical portion of the horn to the horizontal portion, said wi'rcsexertingv a softening inf fluence on the sounds and delivering the samein a clear and distinct manner at the-outgoing end of the horn.

The advantages of my improved phonograph are that the horn is notarranged as a separate detachable por# tion of the same7 but is arrangedin permanent -connection with the lower part of the casing, so that thesame can be packed and -shipped with the casing, the phonograph beingimmediately on unpacking the shipping box ready for use, all that isnecessary being to arrange the sound-record on the rotary table or disk,regulate the stylus for the same, and adjust the suspension-pivot of theupper hollow tapering arm ot the horn. The lower enlarged part of thehorn remains always stationary in' the box, while the upper part 'withthe sound-box follows the motion of the depressions in the sound-recordas is capable of swinging on the suspension-pivot in lateral direction,while the Vertical Amotion of the sound-boxl and its tapering armnecessary for removing and replacing the sound-record is permitted bythc pivotal connection of'the elbow with the holder. The sound-box inthe lower part of the casing for the enlarged part ot' the horn and thelongitudinal wires in the same improve the softness and clearness ofthesounds which are emanating from thesame andyrender the sounds morepleasing and agreeable.

Havinv thus described the invention what is o y claimed as new is:

1` In a talking,r machine. the combination with :i case. a record'tablejournnled upon said case, a sound box and supporting; arm therefor. of:i ring.;l mounted upon vsaid case, a bracket extending upwardly undforwardly from said ring to a point over the' saine. n stirrupconsisting of :in inverted U-shaped bauand an unnulus connected to thelower ends of said bar, the said nnnulus being fitted to turn within thesaid ring, a pivot lpin mounted in the upper end. of suid bracket andextending through the same into contact with the said bar, an elbowreceived within the stirrup and pivoted to the har thereof to rock in :1vertical piane, one end of said elbow receiving the suid supporting armfor the sound box, a megaphone having, a stationary portion disposedhorizontally within the case and etxending therethrough, said niegaphonealso embodying a vertically disposed portion extending from one end ofthe stationary portion up to the elbow.

2. In a talking,- machine, the combination of a case, a

record tuble mounted to revolve on said case, a sound-- box andsupporting' arm therefor, the top of the case being provided with arearwardly projecting ledge having an opening formed therein. of :1stationary inegaphone disposed within said case and provided' with anelbow extending outside ot' the ease und up into the ledge, a universaljoint connected between the supporting arm and said elbow,` and n soundregulator' mounted in the. said

